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The Dream of Venus

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1939 Material: height: 11 7/8 x width: 11 7/8 inches
Creator: Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 Identifier: aql:2867 2004.2.108 QMOA

Description: Music that played in the Dream of Venus Pavilion, a multimedia installation created by Salvador Dali at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Actress Ruth Ford and a chorus of singers represented Sirens beckoning visitors to enter the exhibition.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989

Date : 1939

Summary/Description : Music that played in the Dream of Venus Pavilion, a multimedia installation created by Salvador Dali at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Actress Ruth Ford and a chorus of singers represented Sirens beckoning visitors to enter the exhibition.

Subject : Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Surrealism; Sirens (Mythology); Mythology; Dreams; Ocean life

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Publisher : Radio Corporation of America

Type : 78 rpm vinyl record

Format : height: 11 7/8 x width: 11 7/8 inches

Identifier : aql:2867 2004.2.108 QMOA

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Subject:
Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Surrealism; Sirens (Mythology); Mythology; Dreams; Ocean life
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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